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Topic
Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Node observer: Bitcoin Core Vs Bitcoin TX | 6126 vs 537
by
NextTroll
on 19/08/2015, 09:06:28 UTC
Bitcoin XT nodes are outnumbered ~ 11 to 1 by bitocoin core nodes and are ~8% of total.

The number of XT nodes seems to have increased shortly after a scandal involving someone attempting to fake an email pretending to be satoshi1. r/bitcoin currently seems to be infuriated by the moderator tactics enforced in the subreddit. Snapshot of what the subreddit currently looks like here.

1: Theymos on Reddit added his view on the incident of the email. Maybe it's still unclear if it's genuine.

Tools used:

http://xtnodes.com/

https://getaddr.bitnodes.io/



Legacy text from June 12:
That's just one or two weeks before Gavin submits the block size increase update. Meanwhile bitcoin core nodes have even increased after Mike's statement on June 8th from ~5900 to ~6040 today.


Full block size debate video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JmvkyQyD8w

Bitcoin-XT is a new Scam, for withholding the real bitcoins